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West alumna makes a “world of difference” for pro boxing champion

Dr. Jacques-Maynes with Carina Moreno
and her IBA championship belt.

When Carina Moreno walks into the
Watsonville, Calif., office of West Campus
alumna Goldi Jacques-Maynes, D.C., ’07,
many patients in the waiting room recognize
Ms. Moreno as the small woman with
the big smile who often warms tortillas
and runs the cash register at Tacos
Moreno, her family’s downtown taqueria.

What they may not know about Ms.
Moreno is that this five-foot tall woman is
a petite-but-powerful three-time worldchampion
boxer who has used chiropractic
rather extensively while amassing a 21-
3 professional record during her 10-year
career. In fact, the current International
Boxing Association (IBA) junior flyweight
(108 pounds) champion and former
Golden Gloves champion credits the care
she receives from Dr. Jacques-Maynes at
Golden Chiropractic for helping her stay
in shape, especially during the physically
grueling training schedule (eight hours a
day for six weeks) she maintains while
preparing for a bout.

“Seeing Dr. Goldi makes a world of
difference, and just makes me a better
athlete,” said Ms. Moreno. “She’s really
helped my neck, which gets stiff and
sore. The adjustments really help. I also
had some shoulder issues, and she’s
really helped with that as well (with
soft-tissue therapy and cold laser treatment).
Dr. Goldi takes time, talks to
me, and asks questions to find out how
I’m doing, and I appreciate that.”

Dr. Jacques-Maynes, who is married to
professional cyclist Ben Jacques-Maynes,
has worked with many athletes, but Ms.
Moreno is her first patient whose primary
sport is boxing. When Ms. Moreno initiated
care, Dr. Jacques-Maynes immediately
noticed physical conditions and consequences
associated with a sport in which
various parts of the body are subject to
physical blows, often in bursts of rapid-fire
succession. And in the case of Ms.
Moreno, whose peak weight is 112
pounds, there’s not a lot of body to
absorb the shock of the punches.

“Although she is quite young, Carina’s
neck shows evidence of exposure to a
lot of trauma, which is the result of
sparring and being punched in the face
over the past 10 years of her career,”
said Dr. Jacques-Maynes. “My focus has
been getting Carina’s spine and nervous
system fully optimized for the upcoming
bout. We’ve used Graston Technique,
massage, and I recently purchased a cold
laser. The chiropractic adjustments and
the cold laser have helped Carina recover
faster from her workouts so that she
can continue to ramp up her training.”

Ms. Moreno recognizes that she’s
already had a rather lengthy career by
boxing standards, but she’s focused
in her quest to reclaim her two former
world titles—especially with Dr. Jacques-
Maynes in her corner. “I see Dr. Goldi
as part of my team,” she said. “She
keeps my body feeling good, especially
after long days of sparring when I’m
training for a fight.”

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